Stone Mountain..How proudly she stands..

Since I didn't know anything about Stone Mountain, I had to do some research. This is what I came up with. Stone Mountain first enters the history books in 1790 when George Washington sent Colonel Marinus Willett to meet with the micos of the Creed Confederacy there. Later there was another meeting scheduled there before a trip to New York, the country's nation at the time. Stone Mountain is one solid rock of circular about one mile across with Confederate Memorial Carvings depicting three Southern heroes of the Civil War. The work on the carving began in 1915 and was finished in 1972. In 1925 the Confederate half-dollar was minted to finance the project. The half dollars were sold for one dollar a piece by the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Association. The original artist, Borglum, was removed from the project in 1925, and the new artist Lukeman, revamped the projected and completely blasted Borglum's work from the mountain. In 1928, the lease for the property expired, and the owner refused to renew it unless the association rehired Borglum to finish the project. The work on the mountain ceased until the State of Georgia purchased the Mountain in 1958. Stone Mountain Park's infrastructure and layout was built from 1958 to 1963. And the carvings were finally finished in 1972. I think the mountain has a lot of history.